BUSINESS Super Bowl carries ball for extended TV sales...

January 16, 2006

BUSINESSSuper Bowl carries ball for extended TV sales While shopping for most consumer electronics peaks around Christmastime, the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 sends the holiday season into overtime for TVs. C8LOCALMourners: Be on alert to possible crimes Between July and October 2005, a prisoner used The Tribune's obituary section in a fraud scheme involving at least 47 people -- eight of whom were fellow inmates, and the rest were family members and friends. Sgt. Dominic Zultanski of the South Bend Police Department said the organized group allegedly used obituaries to find names and track them down with listed phone numbers. A prisoner then used the facility's phone line to make a collect call to an accomplice, who made a three-way call with the victim. The inmate claimed to be from the Social Security Administration, a credit card company, bank or credit bureau, Zultanski said. B1TeenScreen to return to Penn in February Penn High School is taking additional steps to make sure parents approve of mental health screenings at the school, Penn-Harris-Madison Superintendent Robert Howard told school board members this week. Parents should receive notification of the TeenScreen mental health evaluations within the next week, Penn Associate Principal Steve Hope said. Dates for the screen are Feb. 2 and 6. Parents must give "active consent," that is, submit a permission slip, this year for their children to participate in the program. B1